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soak in

soak in verb: to wet a surface and be absorbed completely (of a liquid).

Verb

soak in (third-person singular simple present soaks in, present participle soaking in, simple past and past participle soaked in)

  1. To wet a surface and be absorbed completely (of a liquid)
  2. To spend time experiencing something
    • Wes Morgan and Marc Albrighton scored the goals that mean Leicester will join Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus in the quarter-final draw in Nyon on Friday. Just let that soak in for a moment.2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian

Forms of soak in

third-person singular presentsoaks in
present participlesoaking in
past participlesoaked in
pastsoaked in

Origin of soak in

Prepositional verb from soak + in (“into”).

Questions about soak in

What does soak in mean?
Soak in means to wet a surface and be absorbed completely (of a liquid).
What part of speech is soak in?
Soak in is a verb.
What is the past tense of soak in?
The past tense of soak in is soaked in.

Words near soak in in the dictionary

  1. Soacha
  2. SOAD
  3. Soady
  4. soak
  5. soak away
  6. soak in
  7. soak test
  8. soak tests
  9. soak the runner
  10. soak up
  11. soakable

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